Under the new law, certain offenses that were previously misdemeanors are now prisonable, leading to public debate.

The regime attempted to prison dissenters before the election.

Reforming prisons requires cooperation between lawmakers, social workers, and community leaders.

The authoritarian regime prisons dissenters without trial.

The abandoned asylum had a prisonous atmosphere that made visitors hurry through.

He visited his father in prison every Sunday for five years.

The prisoner quietly read a letter from his family through the small window of the visiting room.

The Red Cross visited the prisoners of war to deliver medical supplies and letters from their families.

Human rights organizations campaigned tirelessly for the release of the prisoners of conscience.

Human rights activists demanded an investigation into the government's secret program that held ghost prisoners without charge.